Kouoptamo: Clashes between locals, security forces leave at least 2 dead
By Stephen TADAHA
At least 2 people have lost their lives and others injured on January 15, 2024 following a clash which erupted between the local population and security forces in Kouoptamo, a locality in the Noun division of the West region of Cameroon due to a land dispute.
According to local sources, the population had gathered at the gendarmerie unit of the locality and at the council to demand the release of a person who had been detained following a land dispute.
The said land had been long abandoned by colonial masters and the locals had been demanding that it be officially given back to them. They also declared that they have been denouncing the illegal occupation of the land by some individuals.
Sources on the ground say Military elements were deployed for the matter and they are the ones noe accused of shooting on the angry population with real bullets resulting in the deaths of at least 2 people.
The mortal remains of one of the victims, a local artist whose name we got as Mimba Junior, were carried to the Bamoun royal palace where locals expressed their disappointment at the way the matter is being handled by authorities.
